Legal Opinion
Grinter v. Knight
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2008No. 05-6755PublishedCited by 1,539 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
A Kentucky prisoner proceeding pro se appeals the district court’s order dismissing his civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 for violations of due process, equal protection, the Eighth Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment during a mandatory screening procedure before the complaint was served on the defendants. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
Henry David Grinter filed a pro se complaint in which he sought relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. He names the following persons as…
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